Exclusive: Netflix has launched development on They’ll Never Catch Us, a series adaptation of the bestselling thriller novel by Jessica Goodman from Blumhouse Television, sources tell Deadline.

Published by Razorbill in July 2021, the book revolves around a small town’s high school women’s cross-country team and the secrets unleashed when its star runner is murdered. Goodman and Juliet Lashinsky-Revene are co-writing the adaptation and will exec produce alongside Blumhouse.

A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Goodman’s debut novel, They Wish They Were Us, is currently in development with Sydney Sweeney’s production company Fifty-Fifty Films. Also behind titles like The Counselors and The Legacies, the author has seen her works translated into 14 languages. Formerly the op-ed editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, she was part of the 2017 team that won a National Magazine Award in personal service. She has also held editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and HuffPost,...